And the huge victory over the third-best side in the league at Linwood Sports Centre extends their unbeaten record this season.

Having won the Scottish Cup the previous weekend, the Buddies team were keen to show that they were worthy winners.

Saints came out quickly with Scott Rooney finding some early baskets and steals, and Josh McGilvary controlling the offensive boards from the start.

Saints stormed into an early lead and there looked little recovery open to Boroughmuir.

The home side then extended their lead through Michael Secker and Mark Shankland benefiting from assists by Ryan McKay.

Coach Drew Grimsley was able to begin an early rotation of his squad and a good standard of play was maintained to close the opening quarter 30-12 up.

With more of the younger squad getting opportunities in the second quarter, the scoring rate slowed down a little for St Mirren, but equally for Blaze too, with some excellent defensive harassing hustle being shown by Sam Stuttard to prevent Blaze from building offences.

The continued Saints pressure closed out the half-time score at 48-17 to St Mirren.

With the outcome under no sense of threat, Coach Grimsley gave the entire third quarter to his first-year juniors to play for a prolonged period as a unit, and they did not disappoint.

Although Blaze were able to penetrate the Paisley defence with some good play and steals, the younger element of the Saints team also showed their Coach that they too could score with Michael Grimsley and Shankland adding to their game totals.

Although a much more even quarter, the young Saints players still managed a 15-12 win.

Experimenting over, it was back to business for the older Saints squad players in the fourth quarter, and the increase in tempo against a tiring Blaze side allowed Saints to score 27 while holding Blaze to only four points final segment.

The game ended with a comfortable 90-33 win to Saints and sets up a potential league decider against Tayside next weekend.

Coach Grimsley said: “Boroughmuir have been playing well this season and have progressed to third-spot with some great wins.

“We were conscious to treat the game with upmost respect and not let our guard down following the cup win.

“It was a great squad result with everybody playing and contributing to the win.

“The third quarter challenge from our younger players was a good extended opportunity in which they showed up well. Next week is Tayside, and although we beat them by a good margin in the cup final we will take nothing for granted.

“A win will see the team with the league championship in the bag but it is always best to prepare for these big games as ‘just another game’ to avoid nerves.

“I have confidence in this team and hopefully they will get their just rewards for a fine season”.

Saint’s top scorers were McGilvary on 24 points, Secker with 16 and Rooney on 13.